Rangatahi on Stage started in 2018 with a simple observation: emerging rangatahi performers were doing the same gigs as their established peers (open mics, council activations, school events), but they weren’t being paid. The pipeline from bedroom artist to working artist was friends-of-friends, and friends-of-friends is a narrow door.
We built ROS to widen that door. We watch artists live before we put them on the roster. We chase the briefs (councils, festivals, brands) and match the work to the artist. We standardise rates above the industry minimum. We pay within seven days of the gig, every time.
“A trusted bridge between clients and rangatahi talent.”
We’re a programme of Youth Arts NZ, the registered charity that makes the wraparound possible. YANZ provides the professional guarantee, the pastoral support, the safeguarding for our under-18s, and the funding backbone that keeps ROS free for the artist forever.
